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ZIP code 70507, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 70507, in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, has 520 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 442 of them paid for a total of $7.0M.

That is 7.9% of the 6,579 claims recorded across Lafayette Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $16K, lower than the county average of $47K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 49 repetitive-loss properties and 7 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 16,022 residential flood policies in force, covering 19% of residential structures.

520NFIP claims since 1978
442paid claims
$7.0Mtotal paid
$16Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70507LafayetteLouisianaUS
Claims since 19785206,579485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid85%85%80%78%
Average paid claim$16K$47K$54K$43K
Share of county claims7.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4949530,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70507 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s20$42,342
1980s135$1,023,083
1990s149$1,344,498
2000s69$765,627
2010s129$3,283,944
2020s18$522,407
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202510$0—
202410$0—
202310$0—
20211211$513,280$46,662
202032$9,127$4,563
201995$198,262$39,652
201720$0—
20166755$1,740,727$31,650
201476$122,694$20,449
201310$0—
20124337$1,222,261$33,034
200920$0—
200843$26,794$8,931
200674$42,833$10,708
200551$73,700$73,700
20044132$591,784$18,493
200310$0—
200231$1,446$1,446
200164$29,069$7,267
199921$39,331$39,331
19982222$259,934$11,815
199722$13,233$6,616
19953632$313,049$9,783
19935043$464,070$10,792
199233$47,044$15,681
19913431$207,837$6,704
19894544$431,008$9,796
198810$0—
198533$3,199$1,066
198321$54$54
198275$16,130$3,226
198121$1,143$1,143
19807573$571,550$7,829
197988$15,986$1,998
19781212$26,355$2,196

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Lafayette Parish

Lafayette Parish has 391 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 in the last 12 months), 43 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 63; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 10.

Hail: 78 · Tornado: 42 · Flood: 63 · Wind: 148 · Winter: 15 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70507?

520 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 442 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70507?

$7.0M across 442 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $16K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70507?

1980, with 75 claims and $572K paid.

What county is ZIP 70507 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.